A French politician facetiously asked the U.S. to return the Statue of Liberty, suggesting the country no longer lives up to the values the green-hued gift represents. Raphaël Glucksmann, a member of ...

A video showing what the Statue of Liberty might look like if it were polished has gone viral for its imagination, but experts told Newsweek that such a move would be damaging in reality. The video, ...

She has stood as America’s greeter for visitors and freedom seekers traveling in from the east since 1886, but now a French politician is demanding the United States return the Statue of Liberty, ...

Though the claim that Glucksmann said the U.S. should give the Statue of Liberty back to France is true, it does not appear that it was meant to be taken literally. In mid-March 2025, a claim spread ...

A growing diplomatic rift between the United States and France has emerged over an unexpected source of contention: the Statue of Liberty. The monumental disagreement began when French politician ...

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France to commemorate 100 years of Franco-American friendship. The statue also commemorates the centennial of America’s ...

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